"It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. It is wrong also to seek immortality by spewing one's germ into the future as though sperm contains your consciousness!"

-- Irvin D. Yalom

#Children Quotes #Loneliness Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“I say to people today, 'You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.”
“There is no such thing as away. When you throw something away, it must go somewhere.”
“Human ability is an unequal match for the violent and unforeseen vicissitudes of the world.”

Source : Hugh Blair (1827). “Sermons ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the life and character of the author, by James Finlayson ... A new edition, etc. With a portrait”, p.17
“You cannot soar with the eagles as long as you hang out with the turkeys.”
“You won't catch me giving clear lectures.”
“You canâ€™t crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change.”
“You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist, ...”
“The best things in life are free”

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